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Book Articles on Antiquity in Festschriften

Download or read book Articles on Antiquity in Festschriften written by Dorothy Rounds and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Articles on Antiquity in Festschriften

Download or read book Articles on Antiquity in Festschriften written by Dorothy Rounds and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Being Christian in Late Antiquity

Download or read book Being Christian in Late Antiquity written by Carol Harrison and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we mean when we talk about 'being Christian' in Late Antiquity? This volume brings together sixteen world-leading scholars of ancient Judaism, Christianity and, Greco-Roman culture and society to explore this question, in honour of the ground-breaking scholarship of Professor Gillian Clark. After an introduction to the volume's dedicatee and themes by Averil Cameron, the papers in Section I, `Being Christian through Reading, Writing and Hearing', analyse the roles that literary genre, writing, reading, hearing and the literature of the past played in the formation of what it meant to be Christian. The essays in Section II move on to explore how late antique Christians sought to create, maintain and represent Christian communities: communities that were both 'textually created' and 'enacted in living realities'. Finally in Section III, 'The Particularities of Being Christian', the contributions examine what it was to be Christian from a number of different ways of representing oneself, each of which raises questions about certain kinds of 'particularities', for example, gender, location, education and culture. Bringing together primary source material from the early Imperial period up to the seventh century AD and covering both the Eastern and Western Empires, the papers in this volume demonstrate that what it meant to be Christian cannot simply be taken for granted. 'Being Christian' was part of a continual process of construction and negotiation, as individuals and Christian communities alike sought to relate themselves to existing traditions, social structures and identities, at the same time as questioning and critiquing the past(s) in their present.

Book Ancient Iran and Zoroastrianism in Festschriften

Download or read book Ancient Iran and Zoroastrianism in Festschriften written by Willard Gurdon Oxtoby and published by Council on the Study of Religion, Executive Office, Waterloo Lutheran University ; Shiraz, Iran : Asia Institute of Pahlevi University. This book was released on 1973 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antiquity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 684 pages

Download or read book Antiquity written by Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Reviews."

Book Mosaic

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  • Author : Judith Herrin
  • Publisher : BSA Studies
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Mosaic written by Judith Herrin and published by BSA Studies. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume several of A. H. S. (Peter) Megaw's friends speak for a much wider circle who wish to congratulate him as he celebrates his ninetieth year. His lifetime's devotion to the archaeology, art history and culture of the Greek world, especially of the Byzantine period, is reflected in the wide range of papers published, from specialists in early Christian inscriptions to those skilled in the modern techniques of kite flying for aerial photography. From earliest times to the present, Peter has always maintained a curiosity about structures, forms of decoration and artistic styles, regardless of the medium in which they occur. His lengthy bibliography published here is witness to his ability to study and publish whatever finds he excavated. But it is as the master ofpanta ta byzantina that he is most cherished and to this sphere of his expertise that many of the following papers are addressed. -- From Introduction.

Book Classical Scholarship and Its History

Download or read book Classical Scholarship and Its History written by Stephen Harrison and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is unusual for a single scholar practically to reorient an entire sub-field of study, but this is what Chris Stray has done for the history of UK classical scholarship. His remarkable combination of interests in the sociology of scholars and scholarship, in the history of the book and of publishing, and (especially) in the detailed intellectual contextualisation of classical scholarship as a form of classical reception has fundamentally changed the way the history of British classics and its study is viewed. A generation ago the history of classical scholarship still consisted largely of accounts of particular scholars and groups of scholars written by other scholars from a broadly biographical and ‘heroic individual’ perspective. In these works scholars often sought to find their own place in the great tradition, choosing to praise or blame those whose work they admired or deprecated, and to identify with particular schools or trends, and there were few attempts to provide a broader and less prosopographical perspective. Almost all the chapters in the volume originated as papers at a conference in honour of the honorand, and have been improved both by discussion there and by the rigorous peer-review process conducted by the two experienced editors. It covers various aspects of classical reception, with a particular focus on the history of scholars, their institutions, and their writings; the main focus is on the UK, but there are also substantial engagements with continental Europe and (especially) the USA; the period covered runs from the Renaissance to the present. The cast contains a number of world-famous names. Unusually, the volume also contains an essay by the honorand, but we are very keen to include this, especially as it focusses on the topic of scholarly collaboration.

Book Leadership and Community in Late Antiquity

Download or read book Leadership and Community in Late Antiquity written by Young Richard Kim and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout a distinguished career, Raymond Van Dam has contributed significantly to our understanding of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages with ground-breaking studies on Gaul, Cappadocia, and the emperor Constantine. The hallmarks of his scholarship are critical study of a wide variety of written and material sources and careful historical analysis, insightfully rooted in sociological and anthropological methodologies. The essays in this volume, written by Van Dam's former students, colleagues, and friends, explore the dynamics between leaders and their communities in the fourth through seventh centuries. During this period, people negotiated profound religious, intellectual, and cultural change while still deeply enmeshed in the legacy of the Roman Empire. The memory of the classical past was a powerful and compelling social and political force for the denizens of Late Antiquity, even as their physical surroundings came to resemble less and less the ideals of the Greco-Roman city. These themes - leadership, community, and memory - have been central to Van Dam's work, and the contributors to this volume build on the legacy of his scholarship. Their papers examine how leaders exercised their authority in their communities, at times exhibiting continuity with ancient patterns of leadership, but in other cases shifting toward new paradigms characteristic of a post-classical world. Taken together, the essays produce a fuller picture of the Mediterranean world and add further nuance to our understanding of Late Antiquity and early Middle Ages as a time of both continuity and transformation.

Book Church History

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  • Author : James E. Bradley
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 1995-09-11
  • ISBN : 9780802808264
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Church History written by James E. Bradley and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995-09-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains skills and techniques necessary for writing church history. Discusses assessment of sources, the craft of writing, and different modes of rhetoric. Describes research methods and identifies different eras for research.

Book A Tall Order  Writing the Social History of the Ancient World

Download or read book A Tall Order Writing the Social History of the Ancient World written by Jean-Jacques Aubert and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume commemorates the 65th birthday of William Vernon Harris (on September 13, 2003), when a group of his former students agreed to honor him with a collection of essays that would represent the wide variety of interests and influences of our advisor and friend. The fifteen papers in fact range chronologically from the first Olympics to late antiquity and discuss various questions of imperialism, law, economy, and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world. The essays share a social historical perspective from which they challenge as many commonly accepted notions in ancient history. The contributors acknowledge their intellectual debt to the formative scholarly acumen of William V. Harris, which adds up to the "tall order" of engaging with his work.

Book Empsychoi Logoi     Religious Innovations in Antiquity

Download or read book Empsychoi Logoi Religious Innovations in Antiquity written by Alberdina Houtman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that religions show internal variation and develop over time is not only a problem for believers, but has also long engaged scholars. This is especially true for the religions of the ancient world, where the mere idea of innovation in religious matters evoked notions of revolution and destruction. With the emergence of new religious identities from the first century onwards, we begin to find traces of an entirely new vision of religion. The question was not whether a particular belief was new, but whether it was true and the two were no longer felt to be mutually exclusive. The present volume brings together articles that study this transformation, ranging from broad overviews to detailed case-studies.

Book Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines

Download or read book Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines written by Jean S. Wellington and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-08-30 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to identify abbreviated titles of journals and standard bibliographic works is a major difficulty facing researchers and librarians in the field of Classical Studies. This revised edition has been greatly expanded, with nearly twice the abbreviations (17,000) and bibliographic entries (12,400) as the first edition. Also, the Greek and Cyrillic abbreviations have increased by seven and four fold respectively. Abbreviations for internet sites are now included, as are those for associations in the broad area of Classical Studies. There are also more entries for Eastern European and regional archaeological publications. This revised volume is divided into two parts. Part One consists of an alphabetical listing of bibliographic abbreviations found in the scholarship of classical studies and related disciplines. Meanwhile, Part Two is an alphabetically arranged bibliographic descriptions for the works published in classical studies and related disciplines. Special efforts were made to increase the coverage in peripheral areas, making this new edition a useful reference tool for scholars in all subjects of study in the ancient and medieval world.

Book Excalibur

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  • Author : Hildegard Wiegel
  • Publisher : British Archaeological Reports
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9781407311302
  • Pages : 183 pages

Download or read book Excalibur written by Hildegard Wiegel and published by British Archaeological Reports. This book was released on 2013 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 16 papers to honour Arthur MacGregor and his work. Contents: David Berry: Vita Arthuri; The published writings of Arthur MacGregor; Lauren Gilmour: An Anglo-Saxon gold finger-ring from Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Assimina Kaniari: Wonder after modernity: 16th century visual sources, 20th century ethnographic collections and transition'; Timothy Wilks: Plundered art for the collections of Charles I? The capture of Munich in May, 1632; Catherine Whistler: Collecting the overlooked: some baroque paintings from the collection of Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941); Malcolm Baker: Collections, sculpture and the changing fortunes of an eighteenth-century portrait bust: Julian Munby: A Rare Collection: Oxford museums past and present; Jon Whiteley: The Bodleian Picture Gallery; Claire Lyons: Beauvalet de Saint-Victor's Vases grecs et etrusques'; Athena Tsingarida: The reception of the van Branteghem collection in Belgium; Kate Heard: His Royal Highness the Prints of Wales': George IV as a collector of prints; Lucilla Burn: Robert Pashley and the Pashley sarcophagus; Martin Henig and Penny Coombe: Roach Smith and the antiquities of London: the sculptures; Michele Benucci and Susanna Sarti: A private library in 19th century Rome: the sale of Giovanni Pietro Campana's library; Claudia Wagner: Fable and history: Prince Poniatowski's Neoclassical gem collection; Thomas Mannack: The Ancient World in the nursery: German tin figures of the 18th to 21st centuries; H.S. Torrens A forgotten provincial English museums initiative of the 1830s: The Midland counties Natural History Societies, their museums and libraries."

Book Roman Cities

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  • Author : Pierre Grimal
  • Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN : 9780299089344
  • Pages : 378 pages

Download or read book Roman Cities written by Pierre Grimal and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman Cities combines G. Michael Woloch's translation of Les villes romaines, Pierre Grimal's noted French work on Roman city planning, archeology, and urban history, with Woloch's additional notes and descriptions of the cities mentioned by Grimal, as well as other important Roman cities. The book provides a brief history and description of more than a hundred Roman cities, an extensive master bibliography, and a comprehensive glossary. Roman Cities will interest both scholars and students of Roman history and archeology, city planning, urban geography, and the social sciences. The glossary and bibliography make the book of value to specialists pursuing a particular topic and to students, history buffs, and amateur archaeologists seeking to broaden their understanding of the Roman city planning methods that are such an integral part of our modern urban heritage. Roman Cities provides the first comprehensive study in English of major Roman cities, including an excellent coverage of the Roman legacy which was transmitted to medieval and modern trends in architecture and urban planning..

Book The Ancient Arts of Western and Central Asia

Download or read book The Ancient Arts of Western and Central Asia written by Bernard Goldman and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity  300 450 AD

Download or read book Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity 300 450 AD written by Peter Gemeinhardt and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume’s focus lies on the formation of a multifaccetted discourse on Christian martyrdom in Late Antiquity. While martyrdom accounts remain a central means of defining Christian identity, new literary genres emerge, e.g., the Lives of Saints (Athanasius on Antony), sermons (the Cappadocians), hynms (Prudentius) and more. Authors like Eusebius of Caesarea and Augustine employ martyrological language and motifs in their apologetical and polemic writings, while the Gesta Martyrum Romanorum represent a new type of veneration of the martyrs of a single site. Beyond the borders of the Roman Empire, new martyrs’ narratives can be found. Additionally, two essays deal with methodological questions of research of such sources, thereby highlighting the hitherto understudied innovations of martyrology in Late Antiquity, that is, after the end of the persecutions of Christianity by Roman Emperors. Since then, martyrology gained new importance for the formation of Christian identity within the context of a Christianized imperium. The volume thus enlarges and specifies our knowledge of this fundamental Christian discourse.

Book Annual egyptological bibliography

Download or read book Annual egyptological bibliography written by and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1977 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: